Tom Railsback

Thomas Fisher "Tom" Railsback (22 January 1932-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-IL 19) from 3 January 1967 to 3 January 1983, succeeding Gale Schisler and preceding Lane Evans.

Biography
Thomas Fisher Railsback was born in Moline, Illinois on 22 January 1932, and he served in the US Army from 1957 to 1959. He served in the State House from 1962 to 1966 before going on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983, winning election due to the unpopularity of President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a moderate Republican, and, while serving on the House Judiciary Committee in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, he voted in favor of the impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon. He lost the Republican primary in 1982 and then became a lobbyist.